92 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



The Jewish. Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society {Jewish Agr. and 

 Indus. Aid Soc. Ann. Rpt. J 909, pp. 65). — The report gives a history and sum- 

 mary of the work done by the Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Society since 

 its organization. In a review of the work of the society for the last 10 years 

 it is shown that during 1900 39 loans were made aggregating $14,425, and in 1909 

 there were 256 loans aggregating $141,494.48. The total amount of loans made 

 during the 10 years aggregates nearly $800,000, and is distributed in Canada and 

 24 States of the United States. 



rarm bookkeeping, W. J. Spillman (Nat. Stoclcman a/nd Farmer, 3^ (1910), 

 Nos. 37, pp. 960, 961; 38, p. 991).— The article outlines the principles in farm 

 bookkeeping and illustrates a system of double-entry bookkeeping that can be 

 kept by any farmer. 



Farm bookkeeping (Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [London], Leaflet 2'fO, pp. 8). — 

 A simple system of farm bookkeeping I'equiriug few books or different places 

 of entry is discussed. 



The agricultural valuer's assistant, T. Beight (London, 1910. 5. ed., pp. 

 XII +308). — This publication is intended to assist the agricultural tenant-right 

 valuer to better prepare himself for discharging the various duties of his 

 profession. 



The tables are compiled and arranged in such a way as to show at a glance 

 various calculations relating to agricultural products and labor. The author 

 discusses and explains the various items to be considered and the methods used 

 in determining the valuation of landed estates ; gives tables showing the 

 method of calculating the value of manures and feed stuffs from analyses; 

 sundry costs and values; measurement of stacks of hay, corn, and straw; com- 

 pensation for land taken for public pui'poses; and miscellaneous items as to 

 agi'icultural products. 



The appendix gives a digest of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908, with a 

 full text and commentary thereon. 



Our farmers and our future, R. H. Forbes (Univ. Aris;. Rec, 2 (1910), No. 2, 

 pp. 23). — This is an address delivered October 21, 1909, in a course of public 

 lectures at the University of Arizona, in which it is shown that the cultivated 

 lands in Arizona have increased by reason of irrigation from 5,000 or 10,000 

 acres to about 230,000 acres within the last 55 years, and that further develop- 

 ment of the country is dependent upon the storage of flood waters, the devel- 

 opment of underground supplies, the more effective application of water in 

 agricultural operations, and the direct utilization of rainfall. 



Agricultural statistics (Bien. Bpt. Bur. Lahor Statis. Colo., 12 (1909-10), 

 pp. 279-291).— Tills chajiter shows there are between 2,750,000 and 3,000,000 

 acres under irrigation in Colorado, and gives tables showing the production in 

 1909 and 1910 per acre of the 5 principal grain crops, including the aci-eage, 

 bushels, price, and total value of each, and the amoimt of fruit and sugar 

 production in 1910. 



Primary production, J. B. Trivett (Statis. Reg. N. 8. Wales, 1910, pt. 7, 

 pp. 577-719). — A statistical register of New South Wales showing the area, 

 production, and average yield of the principal crops, together with comparative 

 tables giving the average of the various crops and the avernge value per acre 

 for the several districts and counties from 1900 to 1909, inclusive. 



European agricultural returns (Nyasaland Govt. Gas., 1909, May 31, Sup., 

 pp. 3). — A statistical report showing the acreage and estimated tonnage for 

 1908-9 upon the following agricultural crops in the Nyasaland Protectorate: 

 Cotton, coffee, tobacco, fiber, chillies, tea, wheat, oats, and rice. 



